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The World's Music Awards 2014 went down May 27 at Sporting Monte-Carlo in Monte-Carlo, Monaco andD’Banj took home the awardfor Africa’s World Best Male Artiste.

Kokomaster beats hands down heavy weights like 2face Idibia, Akon, Banky W, Darey, Davido, Dr. Sid, Fally Ipupa, Femi Kuti, Fuse ODG, Ice Prince, Iyanya and others.

He announced the news over a plate of rice and stew at breakfast.

D'banj who wore a white bathrobe, raised up the plaque in jubilation, announced the news over a plate of rice and stew at breakfast.

World Music Awards honours the best-selling recording artists from every continent. D’Banj also performed at the event alongside others like Miley Cyrus, Jason Derulo, Mariah Carey and Rocky Martin.

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active With Heart Rate Sensor, IP67 Rating Launched

by Ketan Pratap, May 30, 2014

Samsung has announced its much-awaited ruggedised version of the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy S5 Active. Like Galaxy S5, the Galaxy S5 Active comes with heart rate sensor present at the back panel.

The South Korean giant quietly launched the Galaxy S5 Active on AT&T and has priced it at $714.99 (Rs. 42,000) without contract, while it is also available at $199.99 with two-year contract with AT&T.

Unfortunately, there is no word whether when the Galaxy S5 Active will be available outside the US or on other mobile carriers apart from AT&T.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, much like the Galaxy S4 Active, is dustproof, shock- and water-resistant with IP67 certification and can survive being dipped in up to 1 meter water for up to 30 minutes with covers slightly closed. It meets US Mil-STD 810G for shock, temperature, humidity, rain and altitude. It comes with a water-resistant earphone jack, so one can use earphones even during wet conditions.

According to the official AT&T listing of the Galaxy S5 Active, the smartphone features a special 'convenience key' on the side of the device which launches outdoor activity-related features and apps named as Activity Zone.

The Galaxy S5 Active, much like the Galaxy S5, runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It features a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display with a 1080x1920 pixel full-HD resolution. The smartphone comes with 2GB of RAM and will be available in 16GB inbuilt storage model, with microSD card expandability up to 128GB. The Galaxy S5 sports a 16-megapixel rear camera with HDR (for video as well), and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with MIMO functionality, ANT+, Bluetooth 4.0, USB3.0, NFC, and Infrared remote functionality. It features a 2800mAh battery, rated to deliver 29 hours of talk time, and 480 hours of standby time. The phone has an accelerometer, proximity sensor, a gyro sensor, digital compass, barometer, gesture sensor, finger hovering sensor and a light sensor.

The Galaxy S5 Active will be available in Camo Green, and Titanium Grey colour variants.

Expert explains how to protect yourself from hackers, after Apple users were hit by iPhone and iPad scam

A group of Apple customers had their devices hacked by scammers this week.

APPLE users were sent into a panic when a particularly nasty scam held their devices ransom earlier this week.

An unknown number of Apple users throughout Australia received sinister messages from a mysterious hacker named Oleg Pliss that demanded $100 to unlock their iPhones, iPads, iPods and other devices.

The Australian Government’s Stay Smart Online initiative has released a high-priority alert about the hacking event, and the NSW Police has also warned its Facebook followers about the dangers.

Now, Crispin Kerr, the Asia-Pacific managing director of online security company Webroot, has shared his insights into how the scam worked and what Aussies can do to protect themselves in the future.

Hackers held iPhones to ransom. Source: News Limited

HOW WAS THE HACKING ACHIEVED?

Mr Kerr said the Apple devices themselves had not been compromised.

The hackers gained access remotely by logging into the users’ Apple storage system, iCloud.

From there, they activated the Find My Phone feature, which allows users to lock down the device remotely in case of theft.

“It is unlikely — but not impossible — that Apple itself was hacked since the hack primarily targeted Australian users,” Mr Kerr said.

“A popular third-party website or service was most likely hacked and user credentials were attained this way.

“Because most users use the same passwords for multiple sites and services, passwords attained from other sources were likely used to gain access to iCloud.”

Apple released an official statement about the hacking yesterday.

“Apple takes security very seriously and iCloud was not compromised during this incident,” it said.